From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhinterlandhin‧ter‧land /ˈhɪntəlænd $ -ər-/ noun [singular] SGan area of land that is far from the coast, large rivers, or the places where people live the rural hinterland
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hinterland• The extension of commuting hinterlands has increasingly brought rural areas within the daily journey-to-work range of nearby towns.• Her early work depicted a dreamy hinterland between landscape and abstraction, like the molten scenes of late Turner.• Sitting there giving me an ample vision of her hinterlands was a gesture of power.• Misconceptions can penalise too rigid definition of hinterlands.• Henry played the piano out of a van on forays into the hinterland to introduce the Trans-National Drama Research Gymnasium.• But they did not venture into the hinterland, leaving the rebels there undisturbed.• The hinterland of the Liverpool Range in the summer of 1839 was a resplendent, if temporary, Eden.• The coastal towns are expanding in their hinterlands rather than along the waterfront, and disused industrial areas are favoured for development.From Longman Business Dictionaryhinterlandhin‧ter‧land /ˈhɪntəlænd-ər-/ noun [singular] ECONOMICS the area around a particular place, especially a large city, that is economically important for that placeShanghai, and the vast hinterland of the Yangtze River deltaOrigin hinterland (1800-1900) German hinter “behind” + land “land” 